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Copeia is an internationally respected, widely-cited quarterly that publishes original research on fishes, amphibians and reptiles, emphasizing systematics, ecology, conservation, behavior, genetics, morphology and physiology.

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Abstract

A new species of marsupial frog, Gastrotheca, with prominent cranial crests is described from humid montane forest on the eastern slopes of the Andes in Departamento de Pasco, Peru. The frog has an exceedingly robust cranium that most closely resembles that of G. cornuta; however, the cranial crests of G. cornuta are less well developed, and less obvious externally, than those of the new taxon. Within the genus Gastrotheca, one of the most variable parts of the skull is the squamosal, which has a variety of articular arrangements with the maxilla, the pterygoid, and in some taxa, the frontoparietal. In contrast to the modifications of dermal cranial elements, the postcranial skeleton seems to be relatively conserved in Gastroiheca. /// Describimos una nueva especie de Gastrotheca de los bosques montanos de la vertiente oriental de los Andes en el Departamento de Pasco, Perú. La nueva especie se caracteriza por sus prominentes crestas craneales y por poseer un cráneo extremadamente robusto, similar al de G. cornuta; sin embargo, las crestas craneales de G. cornuta son menos evidentes extrenamente. En el género Gastrotheca, el hueso escamosal es una de las partes más variables del cráneo, teniendo una variedad de arreglos articulares con el maxilar superior, pterigoideo y, en algunos taxa, con el frontoparietal. En contraste con las modificaciones presentes en los elementos dermales del cráneo, el esqueleto postcraneal parece ser relativamente homogéneo en Gastroiheca.